louispereira

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building assets on the internet.

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Comment · 4 years ago

Cheers!

Comment · 4 years ago

Hey! I'm glad you like it :)

I can't predict the future, but I can say that I'm a team of one who isn't looking for VC funding. Even if I was, I doubt they'd fund me.

I'm going to keep this platform alive for as long as I am alive, and if I can help it, even longer. You have my word.

Comment · 4 years ago

Regarding the tags, great suggestion. Will add it to my list.

And regarding your earlier point, I agree. I'm yet to clear up the positioning of the site. I'm struggling with 2 separate, but intertwined angles. 1. A low-pressure place to write in public, because writing helps you clarify your thoughts. 2. A place to keep up with what your existing circle of friends is up to in life

You can't have 2 without 1, and hence most of the messaging is geared towards 1 right now. I'm thinking about ways to encourage users to invite their IRL friends to participate, as I think there's a powerful, albeit small, network effect to be had.

Comment · 4 years ago

Hey, yes. On your dashboard, you can click on the export button next to your list of Published posts. It will export a CSV file with all your posts.

Comment · 4 years ago

I'm going to screenshot this thread so I can look at it repeatedly. Thank you for this.

Comment · 4 years ago

Thanks, Chris! I didn't launch here though, I was just pleasantly surprised because a kind soul decided to share it :)

Comment · 4 years ago

Also, I forgot to mention. I don't have any plans of getting $$ from VCs as of now. Nicheless is a side project that I run because I believe it should exist. I hope that doesn't change in the future, unless I have no other option.

Comment · 4 years ago

Hey! Thank you for giving Nicheless a try. I read your post a little while ago :)

Regarding your questions:

1. The URL will auto generate and append a digit to the end in case the title of the post has already been taken before.

2. I don't think of Nicheless as a replacement for a personal website or blog (I have both, maintained separately). I want Nicheless to be a place for more experimental thoughts. A space for ideas, a minority of which graduate into more polished articles on your personal blog. Also, I want Nicheless to be a place that facilitates exchange of thoughts and ideas between existing social connections, both IRL and online, and not with the primary focus being the open network on the internet (like Twitter). I've written a bit about it here:https://nicheless.blog/post/mission

I'm aware that the positioning of the platform is still a bit fuzzy, and a lot of my goals aren't exactly obvious to users, but I'm going to work to improve on that.

Thank you for giving it a try, and for taking the time to leave your feedback here :)

Comment · 4 years ago

I'm very camera shy. But thanks for the suggestion. I might do it in the future if I can muster enough courage.

Comment · 4 years ago

Thank you!

Might do a dark mode in the future!

Comment · 4 years ago

Cheers :)

Comment · 4 years ago

Hey. I had a conversation with one of my closest friends a few days ago, and this is exactly how I described what I want Nicheless to become.

I wrote something similar here that might resonate: https://nicheless.blog/post/mission

I stumbled upon this use case almost by accident, when a few of my IRL friends published stuff on Nicheless. I realised I looked forward to reading what they were upto or thinking about. And then figured other people might like the same experience.

Thank you for sharing that you think about it similarly.

Comment · 4 years ago

Yes! Exactly the way I see it as well. A layer 1 ecosystem for thoughts outside my mind. Substack is a layer 2 that is much more polished. Thanks for signing up :)

Comment · 4 years ago

> As a mild-OCD perfectionist I'm literally grinding my teeth imagining doing it this way.

Haha sorry I understand what you mean!

>If title doesn't have to be unique this already seems as an acceptable compromise.

Yes, currently the title doesn't have to be unique. The platform will just generate a unique URL for each post based on the title, and append a digit if necessary.

> Nice point. Any chance I could copy a post URL or open it in a background page straight from the posts list?

It was initially set up like this, but a bunch of users (mainly on mobile) complained that they didn't like the fact that each post opened in a separate tab. They wanted to just read a post and scroll to the next one easily. That's why I've moved to the current format. Maybe I could make it behave differently on desktop. I'll keep this in mind.

Thanks!

Comment · 4 years ago

Thank you, Benji!